Ewer
ca. 1770-ca. 1785 (made)
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Ewer with pear-shaped body and loop handle, the front with a medallion depicting a rustic couple in green and black enamels and with gilt border, with details enhanced with gold.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours |
| Brief description | Ewer, earthenware, made by Joseph Robert's pottery factory, Marseilles, ca. 1770-ca. 1785 |
| Physical description | Ewer with pear-shaped body and loop handle, the front with a medallion depicting a rustic couple in green and black enamels and with gilt border, with details enhanced with gold. |
| Credit line | Given by Monsieur Albert Bichet |
| Production | Acquired as Marseilles, factory of Joseph Robert, last quarter of the 18th century. For similar work attributed to this factory and dated c. 1770 and 1775-85 see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, Moustiers and Marseilles - Sources et rayonnement, Histoire de la Faïence Francaise, Paris, 1998, p. 117, and Danielle Maternati-Baldouy, Faïence et porcelaine de Marseille, 1997, cat. 356-7. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.122-1910 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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